Large Scale Solar PV Projects at Risk, While California Powers On

Large Scale Solar PV Projects at Risk, While California Powers On

After investigation held by the U.S International Trade Commission, it was found that solar equipment manufactured in china contained cells that were coming from third party countries (Taiwan). This act of avoiding payment of subsidy duties was suspicious. Hence, the U.S Department of Commerce proposed anti-subsidy and anti-dumping rulings. This trade dispute had a major impact on the U.S solar PV projects. Based on the analysis performed by Christine Beadle, both the small scale and the large scale solar industries are suffering from this dispute. According to the numbers provided by the United states Deal Tracker, California has the most dominant solar PV project. California exceeds in both capacity and number of project pipelines when compared to other states in the U.S. Finally Beadle wrote “downstream diversity … is one of its strengths; as it allows different customer and application segments opportunities to grow in a variety of regions within the greatest US market”. So while the impact of the trade dispute exists among these solar PV projects, the pipelines have existing success.

Tesla’s Covertly Installing Wall Chargers At Locations Across The Country

Tesla’s Covertly Installing Wall Chargers At Locations Across The Country

Tesla, an American company that designs and manufactures electric vehicles is planning a new charging network that will be installed in destinations like hotels, restaurants, beaches etc. This project is similar to Superchargers which allows customers to drive from one station to another with minimal stops. Tesla chargers have a fast charging capability compared to the public charging stations. The new wall chargers are not as powerful as the superchargers, but they increase charge to some extent and are easily available. Hence Tesla, as an organization is doing its best in providing convenient methods of charging electric cars compared to other conventional methods that are currently available to the public.

WHAT WILL AUSTRALIA’S FIRST NET ZERO ENERGY TOWN BE

WHAT WILL AUSTRALIA’S FIRST NET ZERO ENERGY TOWN BE

Australia’s electricity cost is surely reaching the sky, but has really good solar resources. Hence an association of several companies have come together to create Australia’s first net zero energy town. This project is beneficial in many ways. It can definitely deliver good economic and financial results. Rural communities can have their own modern, small-scale electricity systems. In this way they reduce carbon emission, look after their own energy needs and make the rural communities stronger. The most important result is the protection of the natural environment. As Mr. Adam Blakester, ZNET project director stated “communities will develop clean energy projects, reduce energy costs and generate jobs with intellectual property outcomes to be delivered as common source rather than as owned IP”. Similar project was seen in some towns in England and the results were excellent. The involvement of the rural communities is the key factor to the ZNET project. This is an ongoing project, invitations seeking one or more service providers to develop a Blueprint and Business Case for the creation of a Zero Net Energy Town in Australia are sent. I think Australia has the resources and potential to achieve such a green result.